Analysis of Verses, On The Death Of The Same Lady
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
LIKE a poor ghost the night I seek;
ts hollow winds repeat my sighs;
The cold dews mingle on my cheek
With tears that wander from mine eyes.
The thorns that still my couch molest,
Have robb'd these heavy eyes of sleep;
But though deprived of tranquil rest,
I here at last am free to weep.
Twelve times the moon, that rises red
O'er yon tall wood of shadowy pine,
Has fill'd her orb, since low was laid
My Harriet! that sweet form of thine!
While each sad month, as slow it pass'd,
Brought some new sorrow to deplore;
Some grief more poignant than the last,
But thou canst calm those griefs no more.
No more thy friendship soothes to rest
This wearied spirit tempest-toss'd;
The cares that weigh upon my breast
Are doubly felt since thou art lost.
Bright visions of ideal grace
That the young poet's dreams inflame,
Were not more lovely than thy face;
Were not more perfect than thy frame.
Wit, that no sufferings could impair,
Was thine, and thine those mental powers
Of force to chase the fiends that tear
From Fancy's hands her budding flowers.
O'er what, my angel friend, thou wert,
Dejected Memory loves to mourn;
Regretting still that tender heart,
Now withering in a distant urn.
But ere that wood of shadowy pine
Twelve times shall yon full orb behold,
This sickening heart, that bleeds for thine,
My Harriet!—may like thine be cold!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG CHCH IJIJ KLKL XXXX EMEM |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (89%) |
Metre | 10110111 111010111 01110111 11110111 01111101 11110111 11011101 11111111 11011101 1011111001 11011111 110011111 11111111 11110101 11110101 11111111 11110111 11010101 01110111 11011111 1101011 10110101 01110111 01101111 111100101 110111010 11110111 11101010 101110111 010100111 01011101 110000101 111111001 11111101 110011111 110011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,315 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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